REVIEWERS: Graduate assistants with backgrounds in LIS scout sites upon request (Wang)
UNIQUE: By filling out an online request form, users can request that an eTheme be created for their topics.
REVIEW EXAMPLE:
Animals: Puffins
Discuss this eTheme
"These sites are about puffin habitat and puffin characteristics. There are many photographs, maps, and some audio files. During the summer months students can view a live web cam of puffins. Included are eThemes resources on Iceland and birds."
REVIEWERS: Educators, technologists, parents and other education technology innovators.
UNIQUE: Resources can easily be sorted by Elementary, Middle, and High grade levels.
REVIEW EXAMPLE:
Education Portal: Reconquista and Spanish Inquisition This lesson will explain the Spanish Reconquista and the Spanish Inquisition. It will focus on the reasons for each, specifically highlighting the role of Ferdinand and Isabella and the tortures they allowed.
PUBLICATION: The Regents of the University of Michigan; The iSchool at Drexel University
REVIEWERS: Students and voluntary LIS professionals
UNIQUE: Reviews are sorted in a multitude of themes for all subject matters and all grade levels. Optionally, users can search for material "For Kids," "For Teens," or that is in "Newspapers & Magazines."
Official government sponsored website with regional news and information related to the Amur region of Russia. This website is only available in Russian. Subject: Europe--Russia 4) Sweet Search 4 Me: http://4me.sweetsearch.com/Sweet Search:http://www.sweetsearch.com
COST: Free
PUBLICATION: Dulcinea Media, Inc.
REVIEWERS: An editorial and writing team led by a former librarian and head of reference.
UNIQUE: The Sweet Search/Finding Dulcinea search tools are broken up into age groups and categories such as biographies.
REVIEWERS: Librarians, teachers, and other LIS professionals.
UNIQUE: Users can search via a prominent search bar at the top of the screen or can conduct an advanced search through specific multidisciplinary portals.
REVIEW EXAMPLE:
SparkNotes: High Middle Ages (1000-1200): **Reconquista**, 1000-1250 A summary of Reconquista, 1000-1250 in 's High Middle Ages (1000-1200). Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of High Middle Ages ... www.sparknotes.com/history/european/middle2/section11.rhtml
Works Cited
Wang, Feng-Kwei, and John Wedman. "Ethemes: An Internet Instructional Resource Service." Information Technology & Libraries 20.4 (2001): 179-184. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 3 Apr. 2014.
Website Reviews
1) eThemes: http://ethemes.missouri.edu/
Animals: Puffins
Discuss this eTheme
"These sites are about puffin habitat and puffin characteristics. There are many photographs, maps, and some audio files. During the summer months students can view a live web cam of puffins. Included are eThemes resources on Iceland and birds."2) netTrekker d.i.: UCMO JCKL Online Databases
- COST: Included with tuition to UCMO
- PUBLICATION: Knovation, Inc.
- REVIEWERS: Educators, technologists, parents and other education technology innovators.
- UNIQUE: Resources can easily be sorted by Elementary, Middle, and High grade levels.
- REVIEW EXAMPLE:
Education Portal: Reconquista and Spanish InquisitionThis lesson will explain the Spanish Reconquista and the Spanish Inquisition. It will focus on the reasons for each, specifically highlighting the role of Ferdinand and Isabella and the tortures they allowed.
Social Studies > World History > New Patterns of Civilization (AD 400 to 1500) > Europe (AD 500 to 1500) >Religion > The Inquisition > Spanish Inquisition
3) IPL2: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/index.html
Official Amur Oblast Website
Official government sponsored website with regional news and information related to the Amur region of Russia. This website is only available in Russian.
Subject: Europe--Russia
4) Sweet Search 4 Me: http://4me.sweetsearch.com/ Sweet Search: http://www.sweetsearch.com
**Ice Cream**: The Day the **Ice Cream** Cone Was Invented
July 23 marks the official birthday of the ice cream cone, and what better time to ...http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/food/i/Ice-Cream.html5) Academic Index: http://www.academicindex.net/
SparkNotes: High Middle Ages (1000-1200): **Reconquista**, 1000-1250
A summary of Reconquista, 1000-1250 in 's High Middle Ages (1000-1200). Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of High Middle Ages ...
www.sparknotes.com/history/european/middle2/section11.rhtml
Works Cited
Wang, Feng-Kwei, and John Wedman. "Ethemes: An Internet Instructional Resource Service." Information Technology & Libraries 20.4 (2001): 179-184. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 3 Apr. 2014.